IFFS Singapore: a new beginning
March 10 to 13 2016, saw the 2016 edition of the IFFS – International Furniture Fair Singapore, held concurrently with The Décor Show and furniPRO Asia, which offered the participation of 423 exhibitors from 29 countries, with 20,343 professional visitors, an 8% increase compared to 2015.
South-East Asia – seen up close
(March 2015) Forget the visions of an exotic holiday destination: South East Asia is one of the world areas where encouraging economic signs are coming from today, furniture field included. In the World Bank Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15, Singapore – already in the topmost places for world economic freedom – occupies a stable first […]
Forget Billy, welcome Indonesia
I’ve read it last on old Marcus’ illustrious Dezeen magazine. Few have realized the importance of what lies behind that seemingly innocent article’s true story: that the big blue-and-yellow giant is taking a sharp turn (or pretending to) towards “real” design and one of the aspects that are the fundamentals of the real design (which, […]
Asia and the furniture trade fairs
The South East Asian international furniture fairs, among which we find MIFF (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), IFFS (Singapore), and the two most important Chinese fairs, CIFF and Furniture China – among the biggest and most important trade fairs in the world, are the four key events to watch to get a good look of the Far East markets, and […]
